On 13 Oct, 22:21, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
14:11:00 on Wed, 13 Oct 2010, MIG
remarked:

Passengers can generally find the platforms at a railway station, it's
not clear why emergency services staff can't. Especially if there are
hundreds of wounded people milling around.

On foot I could find the platform at, say, Euston. *Not so sure I
would automatically know the road access route to the platforms or be
able to get the gates open.

If Brazilian electricians[1] can vault over gates, so can the emergency
services.

I did say road access. It's possible to drive on to the platforms at
Euston, and there will be routes to get vehicles into the best
position at most major stations.



(And Euston is perhaps a bad example as the Fire Station is literally
next door; meanwhile the District Line tracks at Edgware Road are a lot
more visible from the road, and I'd be surprised if the Fire Brigade
weren't shown round from time to time to check the place out.)

[1] Maybe we need a rider to Godwin's Law?
--
Roland Perry